Add or remove a page border in Publisher

A page border can give your publication more flair as well as add a professional look and feel. You can add a page border to a single page or to all pages. If you're adding a border to all pages, you need to add it to only the master page and it will appear on all pages.

To add a border to all the pages in your publication, add the border to the master page.

Click Page Design > Master Pages.

Select your master page, and click Edit Master Pages.

Click Home > Shapes, and in the Basic Shapes section click Rectangle
.

Drag on the page to draw the page border.

Right-click the border, and then select Format Autoshape.

Note: Be sure that the Shape Fill is set to No Fill or your page will be completely filled with the fill color.

Tip: To add the border equally to both the inside and the outside of the rectangle, rather than to the inside only, clear the Draw border inside frame check box. This helps to prevent the border from overlapping objects that are located inside of the rectangle.

Click the Colors and Lines tab, choose a color and type of line, and then click OK.

In the Basic Shapes section click Rectangle
, and then drag to draw the page border.

Important: If there are already things on the page, such as pictures or text boxes, send the rectangle to the back by selecting the rectangle and clicking Send Backward > Send to Back. This will place everything on top of the rectangle.

Right-click the border, and then select Format Autoshape.

Note: Be sure that the Shape Fill is set to No Fill or your page will be completely filled with the fill color.

Tip: To add the border equally to both the inside and the outside of the rectangle, rather than to the inside only, clear the Draw border inside frame check box.

Click the Colors and Lines tab, choose a color and type of line, and then click OK.

To add a border to all the pages in your publication, add the border to the master page.

Click View > Master Page.

Select your master page in the Edit Master Pages pane.

Click Insert > Picture > AutoShapes > Basic Shapes > Rectangle
.

Drag on the page to draw the page border.

Right-click the border, and then select Format Autoshape.

Note: Be sure that the Shape Fill is set to No Fill or your page will be completely filled with the fill color.

Tip: To add the border equally to both the inside and the outside of the rectangle, rather than to the inside only, clear the Draw border inside frame check box. This helps to prevent the border from overlapping objects that are located inside of the rectangle.

Click the Colors and Lines tab, choose a color and type of line, and then click OK.

Important: If there are already things on the page, such as pictures or text boxes, send the rectangle to the back by selecting the rectangle and clicking Send Backward > Send to Back. This will place everything on top of the rectangle.

Right-click the border, and then select Format Autoshape.

Note: Be sure that the Shape Fill is set to No Fill or your page will be completely filled with the fill color.

Tip: To add the border equally to both the inside and the outside of the rectangle, rather than to the inside only, clear the Draw border inside frame check box.

Click the Colors and Lines tab, choose a color and type of line, and then click OK.